Twine cutting and retaining device.



F. M. HOLMES. TWINE CUTTING AND RETAINING .DEVICE.

APPLICATION man MAR.14, 1913.

1 ,1 38,756. Patented May 11,- 1915.

1N VEN T0 R,

Frederick Mfialmefi,

ATTORNEY.

THE NORRIS PETERS co. Pflamilruuq WASHINGTON, n. c

UNTTE STATES PATET GFFTQE.

FREDERICK M. HOLMES, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWINE CUTTING. AND

Application filed March 14,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FnnDERIcK M. HOLMES, acitizen of the United States of America, and resident of Springfield, inthe county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Twine Cutting and Retaining Devices, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide, as an attachment on the edgeportion of a counter in a store, or on other support, a device ofextremely simple and inexpensive construction through which twine from aball or supply located beneath the counter may freely run as it is to beused but which device is operative, automatically, as a retainer for thetwine preventing the upper or free end portion thereof from falling downbelow the counter, rendering it inconvenient for the clerk from time totime to recover it.

The invention is described in conjun tion with the accompanying drawingand is defined in the claim.

In the drawing, in which the device is shown considerablyenlarged,Figure l is a plan view of the retainer as applied for use atthe edge of a counter. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the devicewith the movable member thereof as in its position of operative efiect.Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the movable member as upwardly andrearwardly swung, as is advantageously done at a time when the twine isto be threaded through the device. Fig. i is a side elevation providedfor the purpose of showing that the device may be supported in adepending as well as in a horizontally projecting position.

In the drawing, A represents a frame comprising opposite parallel sidemembers a a, transverse uniting member 6, and laterally extendingattachment lugs d through which by screws 7 the frame is to be securedat the edge portion of a counter or other support.

The frame formed as. described has the comparatively long and narrowaperture 9 which is open from edge to edge of the frame and within suchaperture a member B is connected by pivot 71., the point of pivotalconnection being well toward what is here regarded as the rear orattachment end of the frame. Said member has its end portion j which isthe farther from the pivot Specification of Letters Patent.

RETAINING DEVICE.

Patented May 11, 1915.

1913. Serial No. 754,213.

formed eccentric to such pivot or cam shaped and is cooperative fortwine binding effect with the adjacent end wall I) of the frame. Thesaid pivoted member has its eccentric edge of serrated character orformed with fine ratchet shaped teeth 2' to increase the certainty ofbinding effect.

One of the side walls a of the frame has a slit opening an therethrough,at a suitable location forward of the pivot 71. for facilitating thethreading of the twine through the device,tb.e pivoted member B beingupwardly and rearwardly swung at such time as indicated in Fig. 3.

The pivoted member has a back 0 which is inclined to the general lengthof such member; and the member is provided at its intermediate portionor shank with a transverse perforation t.

D represents a cutter blade provided with a stem or shank member a whichis engaged through said perforation and immovably held therein by havinga tight driving fit. The cutting edge of the blade is directed oppositefrom the eccentric formed edge of the pivoted member, that is rearwardlyand it is forwardly and upwardly inclined more or less conformable tothe aforementioned inclined back of the member D, and against which theblade closely lies. The blade is of such extent as to protrude outbeyond the margin of the aperture in the frame so as to present areadily accessible cutter for the twine and enabling the clerk toconveniently sever the latter from time to time as occasion requires.

As manifest, the strain imparted by the twine against the cutter for thesevering of the twine increases the tension or binding effect of thepivoted member against the twine which is disposed between the forwardedge of such member and the frame wall Z).

As apparent, on an inspection and mum parison of Figs. 2 and 4, theeccentric ended member D is so shaped and hung on its pivot in theapertured frame that by gravitative effect it will exert its twineengage ment action whether the device is in a horizontally projectingposition with reference to the edge of the counter or 1n a dependingrelation to the counter.

As to be perceived from the drawing, the device consists of a minimum ofparts which are of simple character, most cheaply pro duced, and ea i yassembled, and the devlce,

pivoted member having a back inclined to the general length of suchmember, and a cutter secured to the pivoted member whereby the edge ofthe blade is directed opposite from the eccentric formed edge of saidpivoted member, and conformed to the aforesaid inclined back.

Signed by me at Springfield, Mass, in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

FREDERICK M. HOLMES.

WVitnesses:

WM. S. BELLOWS, G. R. DRISCOLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0.

